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Johannes Stjärne Nilsson & Ola Simonsson
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FILMOGRAPHY
360 Pieces (teaser)

A man obsessed with old jigsaw puzzles from the 70s, sets out on a philosophical journey to track down the six persons in a mysterious puzzle picturing a football match.

Piece by piece, an epic story emerges. About fatal mistakes, miracles and shame and German fit to perfection. And one immortalized moment in time that would haunt the puzzle's protagonist for the rest of his career. 

60 min 2025 premiere tba

The Bear

A succesful woman at the top of her career is fed up with being a human being, buys herself a bear suit and emigrates to the wilderness. When civilization finally catches up, she has to choose which world to belong to.

19 min fiction 2018

Man without direction

When his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Mr D finds himself more lost than ever. He checks in at a shabby hotel but is drawn into a world of endless corridors, lethal waitresses and talk show hosts that decapitate their guests. A dark, humoristic and surrealistc journey inspired by Dante’s Inferno.

9 min fiction 2015

Rain

A woman wakes up from rain on her pillow. When she gets out of bed the rain follows her. She carries the rain with her through the day.

9 min fiction 2014

Possibly breezy

A man is listening to the weather report on the radio. He decides to check if the information is correct.

9 min fiction 2013

Making Doctor Doctor

The making of the music piece 'Doctor Doctor Give Me Gas' from the feature film Sound of Noise.

20 min doc 2011

Music for one X-mas and Six Drummers

Six drummers disguise themselves and sneak into an elderly home. Secretly, they perform a piece of music for sewing machines, knittings and a Christmas tree.

5 min fiction 2010

Sound of Noise (trailer)

Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians. Ironically, he hates music. His life is thrown into chaos when a band of renegade drummers decide to perform a musical apocalypse using the city as their orchestra. Reluctantly, Warnebring embarks on his first musical investigation.

98 min fiction 2010

Woman and gramophone

A woman is sitting by a gramophone, listening. She is eating a pice of cake. A vinyl record is playing under the pick-up. When the record ends she decides to play something completely different. 

4 min fiction 2006

Way of the flounder

In the North Sea a flounder is hiding in the seaweed. The flounder feeds on mussels and small shrimp. Many dangers lurk at the bottom of the sea but the flounder is clever. One day the flounder is caught in a net and pulled up on a trawler. It dies on the deck. The fish is now entering a new phase of its existence. The flounder travels on, though life has come to an end.

10 min fiction 2005

You were there with your friend Frank

My sister-in-law shows me a magazine for teenagers from 1980. Under the heading 'Wanted' I read a letter by Annelie. She is searching for Jörgen whom she met at a rock concert that summer. 25 years have passed since she wrote the letter. Did she ever find Jörgen? I decide to try to find Annelie and get some answers.

10 min doc 2004

Hotel Rienne

The day begins as any day for Henry Dahlberg. He arrives on time to the office building and takes the elevator to the sixth floor. But very soon he finds that something is terribly wrong. Course of events are repeated and for short moments he's thrown into the near future. Slowly, Henry comes to suspect the worst; his linear time has collapsed. Capriciously and without reason, he's now forced to experience his working day in the wrong order.

27 min fiction 2002

Fika - the Swedish break

Is a ’fika’ in Paksuniemi different from one in Revingeby? Does the coffee taste improve if you don’t clean the mug? Is it in order to put cheese in your coffee? A documentary that explores the statutory and holy Swedish coffee brake.

28 min doc 2002

Great Exuma
Great Exuma

After my grandmother's death, we found a brown envelope. It contained a contract and some maps. It turned out that she had owned a piece of land in Bahamas since 1965. The property is located on a small island called Graet Exuma.
Why did she buy the property? Is it still there today?

45 min doc 2001

Music for one apartment and six drummers

Six drummers execute a well-planned musical attack in the suburbs. As an elderly couple walk their dog the drummers take over. On everyday objects they give a concert in four movements: Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom and Livingroom. The drummers perform on everything from dog dishes and slippers to toilet brush and microwave oven. The hidden music in the household objects is just waiting to be brought to life.

10 min fiction 2001

Madame My
Madame My

Short episodes for children made for Swedish Television. With Paula McManus, Bengt Braskered and Basia Frydman.

9 x 9 min fiction 2004

Sweden

At the south coast of Sweden a man gazes out at sea. He pulls out a compass and finds north. He starts to run. Three days and three nights later he reaches his goal: Treriksröset, the northern border. He has crossed the state of Sweden.

8 min fiction 2000

Mr Pendel

Early morning. Mr Pendel, a correct gentleman, walks to the train station to take the train. He arrives well in time for departure, buys a ticket and enters the platform to wait. Little does he know that he will miss the train also this morning.

12 x 5 min fiction 2000

Leonard Plaid - the musical
Leonard Plaid - the musical

You might think that people don´t exist if you don´t see them. That they don´t have a voice if they can´t be heard. But what is demanded to be considered as real?

120 min stage musical 1997

Sea and sky
Sea and sky

A behind the scenes documentary about acting and life on a feature film shoot.

27 min doc 1997

An advice concerning a roof

In an old magazine 'Everything fot the home' I find a letter to the editor with the heading 'What material shall put on my roof?'. There's a photo next to the letter. 35 years have passed since the letter was written. What dkind of roof did the writer choose?

10 min doc 1995

Nowhere man

Henry arrives early at the office an ordinary Monday morning. He begins his day as always with a cigaret and a cup of black coffee. When he reaches for the cup he discovers that he no longer has a hand. This leads Henry into a deep existential crisis as it is obvious that he's starting to disappear, piece by piece.

10 min fiction 1996

Our man in Cannes
Our man in Cannes

Actor Richard Turpin travels to Cannes Film Festival to endure the hard life as a movie star.

6 min fiction 1997

Wanted! Pop musicians!

I flip through a 'The Phantom' from 1977. At the Phantom-club's member's page I find two youngsters searching for members for their symphony rock band. The boys who wrote it are 36 years old today. Did they ever find any band members?

10 min doc 1997

An the lake is filled
An the lake is filled

A film about the art of recovering.

15 min fiction 1990

Antikvariat
Antikvariat

A lovestory in the borderland of dream and reality.

14 min fiction 1992

Pulse
Pulse

The vacation isolation is about to end for Benjamin and Mona. Something very serious has happened this morning.

13 min fiction 1994

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